But ultimately, my desires fall back to, well, ME. My birthday is during the holiday season — and, for me, the ultimate holiday, and whatever the occasion for anyone else, it’s what I most want that is often at the top of many a gift list!

Last week, I went to Boston for the day to with P&G Beauty to visit Gillette — I’ll share more about what I saw soon, but on my way back to NY, I stopped by Robert Verdi’s Luxe Lab (he is one of my favorite humans on earth, have I ever mentioned that?) – where P&G dolled me up in holiday-apropos hair and makeup, and then I got to pick some gifts for my own holiday wish list segment.

(They called it gift ideas, but whatever, it’s all about me, as I said.) Here’s some of what I most loved!